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By Peter Brennan

A leading economic consulting firm claims that Ambien Sales In 2009 Cape Wind, the proposed wind farm on Cape Cod’s Horseshoe Shoal, will reduce wholesale electric prices for Ambien Sales In 2009 the New England region by $4.6 Billion over 25 years.

The report, published today by Boston-based Charles River Associates, found that Ambien Sales In 2009 Cape Wind will place downward pressure on the wholesale clearing price of electricity by reducing operations of higher priced and Ambien Sales In 2009 polluting fossil fueled units. This, in turn, will result in average savings of $185 million per year in New England, according to the report.

“This report makes it Ambien Sales In 2009 very clear, Cape Wind will provide good long term value to Ambien Sales In 2009 electric consumers,” said Cape Wind President Jim Gordon.  “By reducing operations of higher priced fossil fuel units, Cape Wind will reduce regional electric prices, reduce pollutant and Ambien Sales In 2009 greenhouse gas emissions while increasing our energy independence,” Gordon added.

The Charles River Associates report is entitled, ‘Analysis of the Impact of Cape Wind on New England Energy Prices’, and was commissioned by Cape Wind.

The project will also create 600-1,000 clean energy construction jobs and Ambien Sales In 2009 50 permanent jobs as it becomes America’s first offshore wind farm, Cape Wind announced in a Ambien Sales In 2009 press release touting the release of the report.

Among Cape Wind’s strongest opponents are the Mashpee and Aquinnah Wampanoag nations – the state’s two federally acknowledged tribes – to Ambien Sales In 2009 whom Nantucket Sound, where the turbines will be located, is sacred ground.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who visited the Ambien Sales In 2009 site of the proposed project earlier this month, is expected to Ambien Sales In 2009 make a final ruling if there is not agreement in place between the Ambien Sales In 2009 two sides by March 1.